4703-1-01
Definitions.

(A)
"Architect" - a
person who is registered to engage in the practice of architecture under the
provisions of sections
4703.01 to
4703.19 of the Revised Code.

(B)
"Practice of Architecture" -
providing or offering to provide those service, hereinafter described, in
connection with the design and construction, enlargement, or alteration of a
building or group of buildings and the space within and the site surrounding
such buildings, which have as their principal purpose human occupancy or
habitation, except where otherwise exempted by sections
3781.06 to
3781.18 and
3791.04 of the Revised Code. The
services referred to include pre-design, programming, planning, providing
designs, drawings, specifications and other technical submissions, the
administration of construction contracts, and the coordination of any elements
of technical submissions prepared by others including, as appropriate and
without limitation, consulting engineers; providing that the practice of
architecture shall not include the practice of engineering as defined in
Chapter 4733. of the Revised Code, but a registered architect may perform such
engineering work as is incidental to the practice of architecture.

(C)
"Good moral character" - not having been
convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, not having made misstatements
or misrepresentation in connection with an application for registration,
renewal of the registration or certificate of authorization, not having
willfully violated any of the sections of the code of conduct required of
certificate holders and set forth in the statutes or rules, and not having
practiced architecture without registration in violation of the registration
laws of the jurisdiction in which the practice took place.

(D)
"Principal" - an architect who is in
charge of an architectural firm's practice, either solely or with other
architects, and who is legally responsible for the architectural activities of
the firm and is a sole proprietor, partner, or shareholder of the organization.
If the firm is a corporation, the architect is a member of the board of
directors. If the firm is a business trust, the architect is trustee.

(E)
"Firm" or "architectural firm"
- any legally formed business organization through which architectural services
are provided.

(F)
"Emeritus
architect" - an architect over the age of sixty-five, who has been licensed in
the state of Ohio for at least ten years, is fully retired, and does not engage
in any of the activities defined as the practice of architecture in paragraph
(B) of this rule.

(G)
"Intern
architect" or "architectural intern" - an individual approved by the board to
sit for the architect registration exam and who holds an active record with the
national council of architectural registration boards.

(H)
"Direct supervision" - means that degree
of supervision by a person currently licensed in this jurisdiction, overseeing
the work of another, where personal contact is routine, and whereby the
supervisor has both control over and detailed professional knowledge of the
work prepared under his/her supervision.

(I)
"Responsible control" - means that amount
of control and detailed professional knowledge of the content of technical
submissions during their preparation as is ordinarily exercised by a registered
architect applying the required professional standard of care, including but
not limited to an architect's integration of information from manufacturers,
suppliers, installers, the architect's consultants, owners, contractors, or
other sources the architect reasonably trusts that is incidental to and
intended to be incorporated into the architect's technical submissions when the
architect has coordinated and reviewed such information. Other review, or
reviewing and correction, of technical submissions after they have been
prepared by others does not constitute the exercise of responsible control
because the reviewer has neither control over nor detailed professional
knowledge of the content of such submissions throughout their preparation.